If we’re not talking about AI, then we’re talking about some form of backup power for our houses because we’re lucky enough to live in a country that encourages self-sufficiency.
This year at CES, EcoFlow unveiled a couple of their latest products that tackle that very issue: powering your whole home with backup power.
The EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra is an insane beast of a device that has the potential to push out 21.6 kW of power and can take enough batteries to have a total capacity of 90kWh. To put that into lamens terms, if I have the entire stack of inverters and batteries connected correctly, I can run my combined 74 inches of monitor and gaming high-end gaming rig for around a week without any help from Eskom.
Of course, there are some requirements to get the full thing together, like combining three units with 5 batteries each and then having to attach it to the EcoFlow Smart Home Panel 2. Still, the idea that you can create a wholly self-sufficient setup that allows you to start small and grow definitely has my attention.
A single EcoFlow Delta Port Ultra has the ability to put out 7200W of power and comes with a singular 6kWh battery. You can then connect up to four more batteries to this inverter and then up to two more inverter setups to create the 21.6 kW, 90kWh beast I brought up initially.
The system supports charging from AC power, solar panels and gas generators, giving you a lot of flexibility in terms of keeping your devices powered.
With their latest generation LFP batteries and battery management technologies, EcoFlow says the Delta Pro Ultra will last for over ten years with daily usage, with 3500 cycles before reaching 80% of the battery’s original capacity.
The other fancy piece of tech announced at CES by EcoFlow was the Smart Home Panel 2, an easy way to integrate your new inverter setup into your home.
The Smart Home Panel 2 provides smart features that allow you to monitor which devices in your house are using power and to turn certain devices on remotely or if you need to via the built-in circuit breakers. It will also self-optimize your power usage by diverting power from devices that don’t need it after the system has monitored your day-to-day usage. This allows for reduced power usage, saving your batteries if you are running on battery power or lowering your bills if you’re running on municipal power. The Smart Home Panel 2 has a 20ms switch-over time, so you’ll barely even notice you’ve lost municipal power.
Pair these new devices with the EcoFlow App, and you have full, automated control over your whole home’s power usage and a sharper, more detailed view of where all that power is going.
At launch, these devices will only be available to the American and Japanese markets. Still, considering we have received the rest of the EcoFlow range in South Africa, it should only be a matter of time before we see it on the EcoFlow South Africa website.
At around $5,800 for the EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra or $7,500 for one bundled with the Smart Home Panel 2, we should see these devices hovering around the R100,000 to R200,000 mark, depending on how many batteries and accessories you add to your order.